Invite another person’s device into one of your networks. The guest reaches only what you share, and a code you compare on the phone lets their device in.
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Invite a guest
You invite a person by e-mail and decide how long they stay and what they may reach: all your devices, single devices or a printer or NAS in a local network. You do it in the network’s “Guests” tab.
The app always says “Invitation sent”, even with no account behind the address
The person needs an account of their own
The code you compare
The person accepts the invitation on the device that is to become a guest. It shows six digits. Have the person read them out to you themselves, on the phone or in person, and type them on your card.
Never type digits somebody else reads out to you
If the digits match, a sheet lists the access; you confirm it in one step
With DeskRanger Secure you confirm with Touch ID or Windows Hello
Only what you share
The guest reaches only what you share with them, for example a NAS or a printer. Your devices never reach the guest’s device.
In the rules guests appear under “Who” as a group of their own
A phone is a guest, not a host: inviting works on Mac, Windows and Linux
Manage guests
You keep the overview: the “Guests” tab shows for every guest since when they are in, when they last connected and until when they stay. “Extend” moves the end without a new code, “Remove” ends the access at once.
You withdraw open invitations; they can then no longer be accepted
Whoever wants to come back needs a new invitation and a new code
During an outside session, Extend and Remove are blocked
When you are the guest
An invitation appears as a notice above your devices and names the person and the network. Accepting is your own consent on this device. You read the six digits only to the person who invited you.
Networks you are a guest in are under “Shared with me”, with “Leave”
During a remote session the device does not show the digits